By Conditionals, Nouns

He got an excellent grade in his examination .............. the fact that he had not worked particularly hard.a) on account of b) because of c) in spite of d) although 2. If no one ..................... President Kennedy, ..................... things ..................... different now? ...

I'll paste from the New Oxford, but I can't really sum it up any shorter or more understandably myself. Basically, there are some kind of weird and antiquated rules, and they are largely disregarded modernly. should modal verb (3RD SING. should) 1 used to indicate obligation, duty, or...

Dear Helpers, I don’t know when I can omit the word “that.” I looked for the word “that” in the index of my grammar book. I found it in different chapters. Case ( A ) : Object of a verb: The man (that) I saw told me to come back today. This is the best hotel (that) I know. Note: I...

Jack112 wrote: I don't get it. Is 'would' or 'will' correct here? If 'will' is wrong, how come the conditional rule doesn't work here? 1. If they can give me an ineterview, that would be nice. (How is 'would' used here?) 2 . If they can give me an ineterview, that will be...

Scenario: I was going to buy two computers last week at my work place but I didn't. And someone says: Why didn't you buy those better?? Because I never bought the products and I didn't do any returns? This is conditional #2 (Present Imaginary), does it mean returning products in general is bad?...

Is it correct to write the following sample sentence? "I would go with you if you would pay for my movie ticket." JTT: Yes, it's fine, Procrastinator. Here, 'if you would' is the volitional 'would', it's questioning the person's willingness to shell out for the ticket. "I would go with you...

This is related to a thread in the General Grammar section ( Post:78137 ). I find 'as if' a curious phrase. Sometimes it seems to act like 'as if', I mean that 'would' and 'would have' are used as required to complete a standard conditional sentence with the 'if' clause.

We've done this before, Hela-- none of your sentences is subjunctive: I. There are two forms of the subjunctive, called present and past. -- The present subjunctive in all persons is 'be' for the verb 'to be', and the base form for all other verbs. Thus: ---- They demand (that) I be...

I've tried to find my way through the maze of our past conversation here, Hela, and I see that I have made at least one obvious mistake, and that you were correct in part of your original assumption. I have reviewed my understanding of the Subjunctive Mood, and this sentence-- 'If I caught you,...

Calif Jim I used past tense in the 'posing' example because I was imagining a press article describing the event. When we say "Manchester United are (or is) posing for photos", we are doing so in the belief that the listener or reader will infer we mean the players - or at least those players...